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Cl ient Over v iew

About C l ien t : The Ash ram se r ves as a sou rce

o f i n sp i r a t i on and gu idance, and s t ands as a

monumen t to Gandh i j i ’ s l i f e m i ss ion and a t es t imony

to o the r s who have fough t a s im i l a r s t r ugg le. I t

became home to t he i deo logy t ha t se t I nd i a f r ee. I t

a i ded coun t l ess o the r na t i ons and peop le i n t he i r

own ba t t l e s aga ins t opp ress i ve fo rces.

The Ash ram i s p resen t l y i n vo l ved i n a number

o f ac t i v i t i e s t ha t se r ves to bo th p rese r ve t he

h i s to r y o f Gandh i and the f r eedom s t rugg le and

a l so to p romote and educa te peop le i n t he g rea t

ph i l osoph ies, va l ues and teach ings o f Gandh i .

The Ash ram Trus t f unds ac t i v i t i e s t ha t i nc l ude

educa t i on fo r t he v i s i t o r, t he commun i t y and rou t i ne

ma in tenance o f t he museum and i t s su r round ing

g rounds.

Proposed So lu t ion : S i l ve r Touch p roposed deve lop ing

t he web po r t a l us i ng D rupa l open sou rce p l a t f o rm

as D rupa l p rov ides soph i s t i ca ted , f l e x i b l e and robus t

webs i t e deve lopmen t . S i l ve r Touch p roposed PHP as

f ron tend and MySQL as backend .

D rupa l sca l es e f f o r t l e ss l y and i s s t ab le even when

se r v i ng t housands o f use r s s imu l t aneous l y. D rupa l i s

des igned to be h igh l y cus tom i zab le i n t e rms o f f ea tu res,

f unc t i ona l i t y, l a you t and des ign .

By cons ide r i ng t he advan tages o f D rupa l , S i l ve r

Touch has p roposed deve lop ing cus tom modu les

fo r a l l f unc t i ona l i t i e s such as pho to ga l l e r y, v i deo,

ch rono logy, sea rch ing, and f am i l y t r ee. Use r

Managemen t and Ro le Managemen t come as an

i n teg ra l p rocess o f t he app l i ca t i on . S i l ve r Touch a l so

proposed fo l lowing 3rd par ty products / appl icat ion …

1. jP l aye r ex tens ion fo r aud io ga l l e r y

2 . Book Reade r ex tens ion fo r d i sp l ay i ng books and

vo lumes re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s l i fe on the web po r t a l

3 . Goog le Map i n teg ra t i on t ha t d i sp l ays t he p l aces

v i s i t ed by Gandh i j i a round wor ld

4 . Goog le Ana l y t i c s i n t eg ra tes fo r d i sp l ay i ng repo r t s

on backend .

Requi rement Over v iew:

C l i en t wan ted to deve lop a web po r t a l i n t he memor y

o f Maha tma Gandh i and to p resen t h i s He r i t age on

web. C l i en t had a p l an to have vas t i n fo rma t i on o f

t he l i f e and t imes o f Gandh i j i on t he po r t a l . The

i n fo rma t i on i nc l udes books w r i t t en by Gandh i j i , aud io

and v ideo f i l e s, ga l l e r y o f pho tog raphs & ca r toons.

Following are the major requirements of the cl ien t :

1. Ga l l e r y o f pho tog raphs, v i deos, ca r toons, aud ios,

pos te r s and s t amps w i t h sea rch ing, pag ing and

f i l t e r i ng f unc t i ona l i t y

a. S i te v is i tors should be able to v iew pho tog raphs

i n f u l l sc reen and a l so ab le to p r i n t t he

pho tog raphs

Case Study®

Gandhi Heritage Portal

Cl ient : Sabarmat i Ashram Preser va t ion and

Memor ia l Trus tCl ient Vert ical : Govt . /PSU

Project Type: Her i tage Por ta l Technology Used: Drupa l , MySQL

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b. V ideos should be eas i ly p lay on the por ta l wi th a l l bas ic features such as s tar t / pause / s top, forward, backward, and

vo lume up / down

c. Por ta l should d isp lay wr i t ten document re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s speeches

2. Por ta l should d isp lay l is t of a l l the p laces v is i ted by Gandhi j i on the Google Map across the wor ld

3. Day-to-day & event wise chronology of Gandhi j i w i th f i l ter ing funct iona l i ty by date

4. Books and Volumes re la ted to Gandhi j i w i th search ing & f i l ter ing features

5. Web por ta l should be prov ide a l l journa ls wi th re la ted photographs that was publ ished or ed i ted by Gandhi j i or other inst i tu t ions

6. Web por ta l should inc lude in format ion re la ted to the fami ly t ree of Mahatma Gandhi

7. Regis t ra t ion for specia l users wi th log in funct iona l i ty

8. A l l the type of contents such as photographs, v ideos & books and specia l users should be manage by admin is t ra tor

Fol lowing were the general requirements of the cl ient:

1. Web por ta l should prov ide l is t of recent updates

2. Global search for web por ta l

3. Web Por ta l should be ava i lab le in mul t i language – Engl ish, Hind i & Gujarat i w i th mul t ip le content s ize opt ions

4. Two type of webs i te v iews: s tandard & contrast v iew

Simple and noble l i fe of Mahatma Gandhi is made available to the world through this website. The Website exhibits the fol lowing

bene f i t s :

1. S i te v is i tors can eas i ly get the in format ion & knowledge f rom por ta l about Mahatma Gandhi ’s l i fe, hard-work & h is contr ibut ion

towards the Ind ian nat ion

2. Photographs re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s fami ly, h is associa tes and var ious movements & act iv i t ies are ava i lab le and v is i tors a lso can

eas i ly pr in t those photos v ia por ta l

3. Web por ta l prov ides a l is t of a l l p laces on Google map that Gandhi j i v is i ted across the Ind ia and outs ide Ind ia

4. e-Copy of journa ls wr i t ten and publ ished by Gandhi j i or other inst i tu t ions are ava i lab le on l ine

5. Wi th the he lp of Book reader, v is i tors can read the books onl ine and a lso pr in t the requi red pages f rom the por ta l

6. The por ta l is ava i lab le in three languages - Engl ish, Hind i & Gujarat i so that users f rom di f ferent geographica l locat ions can use

/ read the por ta l eas i ly

7. Por ta l prov ides the fac i l i ty of increas ing and decreas ing the font s ize of content

8. Screen reader access funct iona l i ty has been in tegrated to make the s i te potent ia l ly usefu l to people who are b l ind, v isua l ly

impai red, i l l i tera te or learn ing d isabled

9. Wi th the he lp of Drupal , the por ta l exh ib i ts more stab i l i ty and fast response t ime

Benef i ts

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Pro jec t Workf low & Descr ip t ion

Pro jec t Workf low

The web portal is developed to present Gandhij i ’s memories, day-to-day chronology, tr ibutes, journals and books written by Gandhij i in

front of world. By considering the cl ient’s specif ic & unique requirements, the portal is developed using Drupal open source platform with

MySQL as backend.

• The portal contains global search functionality that helps to search any topic related to Gandhij i across the portal

• Site visitors are able to change the size and view of the portal

• The portal is available in three different languages - English, Hindi & Gujarati

• On home page of the website, site tour faci l i ty is available that shows complete video of how to use the portal

The Portal contains fol lowing major modules:

1) Gallery: The gallery contains visual representations of Gandhij i ’s l i fe in various media.

a. Photo Gallery:

• It contains selection of photographic images of Gandhij i ’s visited places, photographs of his family, his associates and various

movements & activit ies

• Search and Print functionality is made available on Photo Gallery to enable the users to search and print the photographs

Pro jec t Descr ip t ion

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b. Video Gallery:

• It contains f i lms made on Gandhij i ’s l i fe

• Video player contains al l video features such as start / pause / stop, forward, backward, and volume up / down

• Portal supports MP4 & WEBM video fi le formats

c. Audio Gallery:

• It contains Gandhij i ’s prayers and speeches recorded at the time of the India’s freedom movement

• It is played on the portal by audio player functionality that contains start / pause / stop, forward, backward, and volume up / down features

• The document related to audio f i le is also available on the portal

• It supports MP3 & WAV audio f i le formats

d. Other Media:

• It contains cartoon, stamp and poster gallery

• Site visitors able to search and print the photographs from the web portal

• Poster gallery contains sl ide show functionality for auto-playing al l the poster photographs

2) Journals:

• It contains ful l texts of al l the journals that Gandhij i owned, edited or published

• It also includes the journals published by institutions and movements which look for interrogating Gandhij i ’s ideas and practices

• The portal gives faci l i ty to site visitors by searching and fi l tering the journal according to published date

3) Chronology:

• This section displays Gandhij i ’s day-to-day and event wise chronology

• Day-to-day chronology section contains search and date wise fi l tering functionality

• Mahatma Gandhi’s day-to-day chronology is displayed in images with on-click enlarging functionality

4) Gandhi Heritage Sites (GHS):

• It contains a l ist of al l places that Gandhij i visited across the Indian subcontinent to carry his message of Truth and Non-violence

• The website displays those places on Google map with proper history related to those places

5) The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG): It contains volume documents on the l i fe work of Gandhij i in two modes:

• The Archival Mode provides scanned images of the original volumes as published

• The Enhanced Mode provides black and white images of the same for ease of reading

6) Family Tree:

• It displays the entire family of Gandhij i in tree structure

• Site visitors are able to f ind any family member and get their information

• Administrator wil l manage all the family member’s detai ls with their photographs from back end

7) Special Users:

• The portal contains registration for special users such as researchers / Gandhij i ’s fol lowers

• These users can access the portal using their own User name and Password

• Portal Administrator wil l approve their logins after the identity proof is submitted by them

• These users wil l be able to view content uploaded only by him / her on the portal

The portal displays recent updates submitted by administrator. Administrator manages al l types of content such as photographs, videos,

books, volumes and al l users from back end. Administrator is also able to analysis various types of reports such as Volume wise missing

books by language, Geography wise survey reports.

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1. To develop por ta l that covers a l l her i tage and memor ies of Mahatma Gandhi j i ’s l i fe and h is t r ibutes to the Ind ian Nat ion

2. To develop custom modules for ga l ler y, chronology, journa ls and vo lumes funct iona l i ty

3. To in tegrate Book Reader extens ion and customize i t as per c l ient ’s requi rement

4. To prov ide reg is t ra t ion funct iona l i ty for contr ibutor users managed by admin is t ra tor

5. To develop mul t i l ingua l (Engl ish, Hind i & Gujarat i ) web por ta l

6. To in tegrate Google map wi th the por ta l for GHS (Gandhi Her i tage Si tes) feature

The Pro ject was d iv ided in to var ious phases to achieve the best resu l ts in less t ime wi th opt imal ut i l i za t ion of ava i lab le features,

capabi l i t ies and new enhancements.

Phase I : System requi rement Study document and re-est imat ion

Phase I I : Extens ion checking for compat ib i l i ty (Book Reader Extens ion)

Phase I I I : Preparat ion of Wiref rames of the ent i re s i te

Phase IV: Des ign ing

Phase V: Development & Des ign In tegrat ion

Phase VI: Test ing

Phase VI I : Deployment and prov ide documentat ion

Object ives

Pro jec t Approaches / Ac t iv i t ies

Techno logy

Techno logy Spec i f ica t ions

Techno logy & Framework Drupa l 7 .0

Languages PHP 5 .3

Da tabase MySQL 5 Ser ver Da tabase

Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache

Opera t ing System (Deve lopment ) Windows 7

Techno logy Spec i f ica t ions

Techno logy & Framework Drupa l 7 .0

Languages PHP 5 .3

Da tabase MySQL 5 Ser ver Da tabase

Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache

Opera t ing System Linux

Deve lopment P la t fo rm

Deployment P la t fo rm

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1. Pro ject Man Hours: 4780 hours

2. Pro ject L i fe Cyc le: 2 years

Dura t ion

1. Lots of customizat ion in Drupal ’s defau l t funct iona l i ty as per c l ient ’s speci f ic & unique requi rement

2. Developing the customized jQuery for photo, v ideo & poster ga l ler ies

3. Customiz ing Drupal ’s core mul t i l ingua l capabi l i t ies for s ta t ic pages and make i t ava i lab le for dynamic modules too

4. Developing “Fami ly Tree” funct iona l i ty that d isp lays whole fami ly of Gandhi j i in t ree s t ructure wi th deta i led member in format ion

1. Regis t ra t ion funct iona l i ty for Mahatma’s fo l lowers

2. The Gandhi j i ’s fo l lowers can eas i ly f ind h is day-to-day chronology deta i ls on l ine

3. A l l contents such as photographs, v ideos, books, fami ly t ree and chronology are managed by admin is t ra tor

4. S i te v is i tors can eas i ly f ind recent updates on the por ta l

5. The ana lys is repor ts wi l l gu ide the admin is t ra tor for dec is ion making and prov ide the language wise miss ing books in format ion

6. V is i tors eas i ly search and f i l ter the journa ls and books re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s l i fe

7. Researches and content prov iders wi l l be able to reg is ter under the por ta l and those users are eas i ly managed by admin is t ra tor

8. The layout of the por ta l is eas i ly customizable in two formats : s tandard and contrast format

Key Cha l lenges

Resu l ts Ach ieved

Screenshots

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p rope r t y o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td . Th i s s t a temen t o f wo rk i s i n t ended fo r i n t e r na l use on l y. The re fo re, i t sha l l no t be used , rep roduced , cop ied ,

d i sc losed and t r ansm i t t ed , i n who le o r i n pa r t , w i t hou t t he exp ress consen t o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td .

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20 coun t r i e s ac ross t he wo r l d .

S i l ve rTouch i s ac t i ve l y engaged i n En te rp r i se so f twa re deve lopmen t , en te rp r i se con ten t managemen t , documen t managemen t

and IT consu l t i ng se r v i ces such as Bus iness p rocess op t im i za t i on , p rocess consu l t i ng, imp lemen ta t i on and cus tom i za t i on o f

ERP. S i l ve rTouch l eads b r i l l i an t l y i n new techn i ca l deve lopmen ts such as : Mob i l e App l i ca t i on deve lopmen t se r v i ces on iPhone,

iPad , B l ackbe r r y, And ro id , J2ME and W indows mob i l e p l a t f o rms. Even now, S i l ve rTouch he lps i t s g loba l c l i en t s fo r ma jo r

deve lopmen ts, dep loymen ts and managemen ts o f t he i r mob i l i t y so l u t i ons and en te rp r i se app l i ca t i on deve lopmen t p rog rams.

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Syman tec, Son i c Wa l l wh i ch p rov ides a compe t i t i ve edge ove r o the r i ndus t r y pee rs and t a rge t s to unde rs t and and ca te r t o a l l

t ypes o f r equ i r emen ts t ha t conce r n ou r c l i en t s, t he reby, l ead ing to se r ve t hem p rec i se l y t o t he i r sa t i s f ac t i on .

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